I am NOT old, and your music does suck. Please. Post your favorite

[JanMichael]

good music videos here:

I'll start with Billy Joel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd5fdYNQPYs

[Archae]

1. I like this one by Joel better...

"The Entertainer"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ1YtUuGYNg

[JanMichael]

2. That's good. How 'bout Elton John "Love lies bleeding?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30UuyFbCNXk

[JVS]

3. You say other people's music sucks, you ask for good videos, and then you post Billy Fucking Joel!

You're begging to be put on ignore for this shit!

Here is some of your shit music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kehh-zcnKuM

[ironflange]

7. Ugh. You're right on that.

Worst part is, a few years ago he briefly switched from writing second-rate pop music to writing third-rate classical music.

He thinks he's Bruce Springsteen, when in reality he's just Billy Joel.

[JVS]

10. Hey if it was good enough for Nigel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dnVlbKgoM&feature=related

[skooooo]

23. no kidding

Billy Joel is very mediocre.

[CreekDog]

42. That's a great song!

So sue me, I like Billy Joel. :rofl:

[zanne]

45. Would somebody please tell me what's wrong with Billy Joel?

It can't be the lyrics, because he's refreshingly literate. I love the music. I'm not enough of a music snob to dislike him.

[JVS]

46. That would be like trying to explain why eating vomit is disgusting.

I find his lyrics to be frequently cheesy, the music can often just sound horrible, and the whole think comes together like some kind of gigantic turd fest.

I actually feel discomfort when hearing the song "Keeping the Faith" It's just soooooo awful.

[zanne]

51. So, in other words, you're too sophisticated for it.

I have a BA in literature and I don't find his lyrics "cheesy" at all.

[JVS]

52. I have an MA

:P

[zanne]

54. In what major? nt

[JVS]

55. same as yours

[zanne]

56. Then you have to see some talent in those lyrics.

Sometimes we dislike things because it's unfashionable to like them. If you took another look at the lyrics of his songs, you just might find something you like.

[JVS]

57. Billy Joel writes schmalzy dreck. End of story.

Don't worry about popularity, I hate lots of bands that people love too.

[zanne]

59. I guess it'll have to be our musical "Olive Garden". nt

[Radical Activist]

71. That's a perfect analogy.

He's a bland, cheap version of the real musical styles he imitates.

[JVS]

53. In all seriousness though, I'm not trying to say I'm too sophisticated for it.

Issues of sophistication can be verbalized. My criticism is that it just has an inherent badness which can't be explained.

[Magrittes Pipe]

64. I have a BA in Creative Writing...

...and I would have been laughed out of my freshaman intro class if I'd turned in something like "Only the Good Die Young."

I also would have failed history class if "We Didn't Start the Fire" was my term paper.

[EstimatedProphet]

65. I have a doctorate in parasitology

I just wanted to say that. :)

[zanne]

80. heh

[HEyHEY]

58. It's lame, bland shit.

[Radical Activist]

69. Exactly what I was thinking.

Dammit what shit. He has tried to play jazz, pop, rock and R&B and sucked at it all.

[zanne]

81. I think we may be talking about girl music vesus boy music.

When I was growing up, girls went for folk-rock music, and boys went for heavy metal music. I think this might be a more comtemporary example of that.

[Mr. McD]

4. High on my list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzz9MWWTLa4

[ironflange]

8. w00t!

Time for another cold shower!

:bounce:

[WinkyDink]

5. Pavarotti and Ricky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZqq0Sqk_yM

[JanMichael]

6. The Doors: "Touch Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECk9A-07Pw

[Forkboy]

9. Sir Richard Bishop - Torch of the Mystics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYQCsQyqGU

[Doc_Technical]

11. Robert Fripp and friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XScR9QR0gGQ

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

22. Wow

That video is incredibly powerful = strangely beautiful, infinitely sad and profoundly disturbing, all in a very David Lynch kind of way.

[mokawanis]

66. Hadn't heard that one

That is good music!

[mitchum]

68. That tightass Fripp has...friends???!!!

I keed! I keed!:)
That is a wonderful song
Thanks for posting it

[Mojambo]

12. Camera Obscura - Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTa_RQC8ZxA

[tismyself]

13. I had the time of my life

I swear it's true...

[Danger Mouse]

14. There is plenty of great music out that is modern.

Here are some examples. There is a variety of music here. I love all of these songs. So don't just throw out that music today sucks. If you actually bother to look, there's a lot of good stuff out there. This is only scratching the surface.

Aesop Rock: "None Shall Pass"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1u43KDiWD0

El-P: "The Overly Dramatic Truth"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF7E23FLiW4

Smog: "I Break Horses"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4cK-PBALyk

Radiohead: "All I Need"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdrCalO5BDs

Neko Case: "Maybe Sparrow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qclxx4uO0ac

[tismyself]

15. seriously

Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber - tied with Whiter Shade of Pale, Procol Harem

[Rhythm]

16. Joy Division - Transmission

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZwMs2fLoVE

Such a crime he was gone so soon...
RIP Ian.

[Shiver]

41. Agreed

So much potential...

[HEyHEY]

61. boo ya

[mcctatas]

17. I like this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTOffYj5TxU

[CreekDog]

43. What is this? The top 10 of college radio?

I'm just so much more mainstream. :rofl:

[greendog]

18. Richard Thompson - "Outside of the Inside"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opc-8QJ-LFk

[hippywife]

76. Many favorites by Richard Thompson.

Beeswing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K18xQgDS3U&feature=related

Dimming of the Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-5vpJNlUk

Crawl Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw9hOo-aPic

Keep Your Distance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4fmZcS4xKg

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

19. From a movie I re-watched last night.

Across The Universe- "Dear Prudence"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMk8GIOQHvY

[mcctatas]

20. My daughter just learned to play this one...

one of my all time favorites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St9RvdtvLeE&feature=related

[tismyself]

21. Jorma...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuXqiVFnbY8

[hippywife]

74. Always among

my list of favorites. :hi:

[Jamastiene]

24. Ramones

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OAWuWNgnbr8
Well, that's my favorite song.

My favorite video is a toss up between these two:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYgrdJ0pWk

and

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xHPikUPlRD8

Then again, I just like to ogle Deborah Harry every single solitary chance I get. She's the ultimate in perfection vocally and physically and several other ways I cannot say without getting this post deleted, IMHO. :P :evilgrin: :bounce: :bounce:

And just for the heck of it:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_xnN2MfOA

OMFG! I'm in Heaven, I tell ya.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

27. Mmm, Blondie

Saw them in a club here in Mpls just after Plastic Letters came out in 78. Deb was at the peak of her considerable lusciousness. She and Chris were chatting with fans in the back bar before the show and they seemed nice. Tickets were six bux. Those were the days, indeed.

[Jamastiene]

28. They ARE nice.

I met Deborah Harry much much later (2002) and both her and Chris are absolute sweethearts. I love them both A LOT. Thanks for sharing the cool memory. You got to see the before they got really really big. That's a true treasure.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

25. The brilliant and underappreciated Magazine

"Permafrost" from "Secondhand Daylight" (1979)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0jhPkOwhg

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. Ac/Dc

Of course everyone knows the Brian Johnson era....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfcnoIkBdjc


And most remember Bon Scott.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98I85ceICRM


But have you ever seen or heard their first singer, Dave Evans?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0-Dks26h8Y

[Radical Activist]

73. Let there be Rock!

Still my all time favorite AC/DC song. I've never seen that video.

Good thing they got rid of the singer.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. Shine...Dolly Parton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czirN42RKFY&feature=related

With Nickel Creek

[stuntcat]

38. love that song!

:headbang:

[ButterflyBlood]

30. GET UP KIDS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw7BO__feBM

[astral]

31. Poor Elijah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKippOfBkxA

Ah, why not another while we're at it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klbW-cSZ5Ac

[Tikki]

32. I'm in an L. A. mood....Flipper, Weirdos, Germs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9dQauL4aG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHGaeaFTB6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZrEt4etygA
The answer to the last question is C...all of the above.

Tikki

[enigmatic]

33. "Shadowplay"- Joy Division

Electric:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2008/06/shadowplay-joy-division-1978.html

[enigmatic]

34. "My Pal Foot Foot"- The Shaggs

Nothing better!

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-pal-foot-foot-shaggs.html

[MrSlayer]

35. Metallica - Battery (Live 1989)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCE1NnvonF0

[NYC_SKP]

36. "The Band"- "The Weight" 1969 & 1989

Among my favorites....

1969: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OgZL3OLiVw

1989: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ2fLoxe9iQ

Other favorites? Kinks, Talking Heads, etc......

[KG]

37. nobody today even come close...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QpYvPpmiqo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxCa_uvDWa8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58A2w61dD4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3H1XDswBBA

[stuntcat]

39. The Sisters..

of Mercy :headbang:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDuW3NvjqJY

[CreekDog]

40. XTC's "Dear God" --A classic

this is among many favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk41Gbjljfo

[stuntcat]

48. a perfect song

It'll always be one of the best

[sixmile]

67. XTC: Drowning in Summer's Cauldron

Same wonderful album, Skylarking. My favorite song of all time and genres.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

44. Billy Corgan meets Ice Cream Truck. Enough said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHUd896Sur0

[CreekDog]

50. That is the greatest, song I've ever known...

:rofl: :applause:

[bertha katzenengel]

47. No videos. Because music goes in your EAR.

Thank you, Lewis Black.

Here's a favorite song from when I was about sixteen:

Pilot of the airwaves
here is my request
you don't have to play it
but I hope you'll do your best
I've been listening to your show on the radio
and you seem like a friend to me

[Sebastian Doyle]

49. "...and we all came to celebrate.... SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK N ROLL!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpWPeZmMCIo

[EstimatedProphet]

60. Videos? Saved By Zero" by The Fixx

[HEyHEY]

62. Anna is a speed freak - By Pure

An old band from the city of glass I used to love....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKJ7Tfl9hcU

[Lucian]

63. I love this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHyR4ZzA2R0

[mokawanis]

70. poignant and graceful

Really good song.

Welcome to DU, Tilion.

[Radical Activist]

72. Timebomb by Beck.

One of my favorites from the last few years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFYcWNQdR6s

And I'll never grow tired of Take Me On no matter how many times MTV played it in the 80's. The song is OK but what a great cheesy video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWXyEHoN88


And the Family Guy spoof!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqwUF7ez_XU

[hippywife]

75. Bring That Thing

by Harry Manx:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbjk7DK5yb4

[Faygo Kid]

77. Well, I am a rock 'n roll dude, but can't beat this one, anyway.

Tony Bennett and Andy Williams. Pretty damned good for any era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoV0q_q6VCk

[hippywife]

78. Alive in the World

by Jackson Browne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3F69KpFy-4


Actually dang near anything by Jackson Browne! :)

ALIVE IN THE WORLD
I want to live in the world, not inside my head
I want to live in the world, I want to stand and be counted
With the hopeful and the willing
With the open and the strong
With the voices in the darkness
Fashioning daylight out of song
And the millions of lovers
Alive in the world

I want to live in the world, not behind some wall
I want to live in the world, where I will hear if another voice should call
To the prisoner inside me
To the captive of my doubt
Who among his fantasies harbors the dream of breaking out
And taking his chances
Alive in the world

To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world
To open my eyes and finally arrive in the world

With its beauty and its cruelty
With its heartbreak and its joy
With it constantly giving birth to life and to forces that destroy
And the infinite power of change
Alive in the world

To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world
To open my eyes and finally arrive in the world
To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world
To open my eyes and finally arrive in the world

(c) 1996, Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP
Category: Music

[bluedem77]

79. Thriller, by Michael Jackson

I believe this is the best video in history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8